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• British singer Joss Stone performs a concert in Rojava 

  Joss Stone announced crossing into Rojava and giving a concert.
• “ECHR takes no responsibility for Hasankeyf” 

  “The decision of the ECHR is more than regrettable, it is an evaded responsibility in order to save the 12.000 years old Hasankeyf and the surrounding Tigris Valley which have an outstanding universal value,” said the Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive.
• Mother Language activities in several cities despite ban  

  Despite the ban of activities scheduled for Mother Language Day issued by Van Governorate a panel was held in Erciş.
• Prison sentences asked for directors of 'Bakur' documentary 

  Prison sentences asked for the directors of the documentary 'Bakur', Çayan Demirel and Ertuğrul Mavioğlu.
• Democratic Regions Party celebrates Mother Language Day 

  “We celebrate the International Mother Language Day for the Kurds and all the peoples of the world, and call on everyone to play their part in putting an end to cultural genocidal policies and defending cultural and language rights.”
• Marivan's organizations on International Mother Language Day 

  "Among 200 countries, Iran is one of the few in which reading and learning in mother language is prohibited."
• Irish artist Fitzpatrick painted a portrait of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Fitzpatrick explains that “Öcalan is a man who shows us how a leader should be. His finest book on feminism, which I have here (JF picks up a thin book with a purple cover), is how I got involved – Liberating life: Woman’s Revolution.”
• Kurdish cinema meets in Istanbul 

  Many directors have sent their films in solidarity with the festival. Veysi Altay confirmed that some 24-25 director will show their films.
• Havana Book Fair kicked off  

  There is no doubt that the Havana Book Fair is one of the most loved cultural appointments for the Cuban capital’s residents.
• Kurdish language course opened in Russia 

  A Kurdish language course has been started for children in the Russian city of Krasnodar. Kurdish families have shown a great interest in this language course opened under the lead of the Kurdish Cultural Autonomy in Krasnodar.
• When solidarity meets art 

  Change of State hints at all the ongoing transformations and asks a question, how to retrieve and keep our humanity in harmony with the sense of justice?
• Kurdish asylum seeker wins Australia's richest literary prize 

  A Kurdish asylum seeker, without being able to attend the ceremony, has won Australia's richest literary prize.
• Exhibition of children opens in Shehba 

  The exhibition called "Return to Afrin" has opened in Til Susin in Shehba.
• Cultural and Art Centre opened in Fafîn, Shehba 

  Yet another Cultural and Art Centre has opened in the Shehba region.
• Short film of Cansiz’s resistance: 3 Days in 10 Years 

  The short film “3 Days in 10 Years” about the life of Sakine Cansiz, one of the founders of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), will be shown on January 9.
• Comics for Rojava 

  A special evening on 8 January in Rome to support the people of the Federation of Northern Syria.
• Italian edition of Make Rojava Green Again now out 

  With the language bridging utopia and the concrete, the poetic and the everyday, the Internationalist Commune has produced a vision which is also a book about how an ecological and free society may look like.
• Mountain Cinema, filming the fight for freedom 

  "Nothing is an obstacle to the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle and its guerrilla. Humanity is recording these days and I believe that the greatest gain for the later periods of history will be the resistance of these times.
• Serdem Library opened in refugee camp in Shehba 

  The library has now three thousand books, mostly regarding politics, economics, philosophy, sociology, but also novels, stories and dictionaries. Books are in Arabic, Kurdish and English languages.
• Mesopotamia Cultural Centre celebrated its 27th anniversary 

  The hunger strike carried out by HDP Hakkari deputy, Leyla Güven, and the demand to end the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan were underlined time and time again during the cultural event.
• Film on disappeared people on Turkey awarded 

  The film Bir (Well) by Veysi Altay has won the Naples Human Rights Cinema Festival.
• Kurdish publications banned in Van Book Fair 

  The book fair organized by the usurped Van Metropolitan Municipality has banned all publications in Kurdish.
• Êzî Holiday celebrated in Shengal following 3 days of fasting 

  Yazidis in Shengal celebrated the Êzî Holiday following 3 days of fasting as per their faith.
• Democratic Idea Library opens in Hesekê 

  "We will try to spread the idea and philosophy of the leader with this library.”


• Artist Yelda Abbasi detained in Istanbul 

  Yelda Abbasi had come to Istanbul to join the celebration for the 27th anniversary of the Mesopotamia Cultural Centre.